Faxing and PCI (was Re: [Asterisk-Users] Digium cards,

[Steve Underwood]

Doug Lytle wrote:

> Nicholas Kathmann wrote:
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>> Both hylafax and * are on the same machine and using the same PSTN 
>> interfaces (whether T1 or TDM).  It uses iaxmodem to communicate 
>> between the two systems (imagine a softmodem).  I'll create separate 
>> extensions for the iaxmodems, then either map the numbers (or 
>> channels off the TDM cards) to dial those extensions.  You can also 
>> use the fax extension on your default incoming to dial the iaxmodem.  
>> Faxgetty then listens to the iaxmodem to receive faxes, and uses 
>> hylafax to send them to the appropriate email addresses, printers, 
>> etc.  In most cases I'll set up separate PSTN numbers for incoming 
>> faxes, but the fax extension also works relatively well.  The only 
>> time I've ever seen problems with faxes (or modems) is when trying to 
>> use a SIP or IAX provider over the internet.  To connect the analog 
>> fax machines I'll either use a linksys PAP2 
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> I've found the same success here as well.  TE110P, Asterisk. iaxmodem 
> and HylaFAX.  332 pages in the last month with 1 failure.  Had to 
> tweak the rxgains a little, but afterwards, it just works.  Thanks Lee 
> and Steve!


If you need to tweak gains something is seriously wrong.

Steve